The Undertaker

American professional wrestler

Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965)[5] is a retired American professional wrestler. He is most well known by the name (The) Undertaker. He works for the World Wrestling Federation/WWE since 1990. He is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion and four-time WWE Champion.

(The) Undertaker
Calaway in 2019
Born (1965-03-24) March 24, 1965 (age 59)
Houston, Texas, USA
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)(The) Undertaker
Kane The Undertaker
Punisher Dice Morgan
The Punisher[1]
"Mean" Mark Callous[2]
Texas Red[2]
The Commando
The Master of Pain
Billed height6 ft 10 in (208 cm)[3]
Billed weight309 lb (140 kg)[3]
Billed fromDeath Valley (1990-1999, 2004-present)
Houston, Texas (1984-1990, 2000-2003)
Trained byDon Jardine[2]
Debut1984
RetiredNovember 22, 2020[4]

Calaway made his debut with Dallas, Texas based World Class Championship Wrestling. In 1988 he joined USWA. He began working as the Undertaker for the WWF at the Survivor Series pay-per-view in 1990 on Ted DiBiase's team. His team won the match, though The Undertaker was eliminated by count-out. Undertaker did not lose a match that entire year. He also won the WWF Championship. Soon after, he suffered his first championship loss after a match against Hulk Hogan for the title.

Undertaker has a 25-2 record at WrestleMania. After 23 years of being undefeated at the event, he lost his first WrestleMania match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX in 2014, and his second one against Roman Reigns three years later at WrestleMania 33. He announced his retirement from professional wrestling in 2020 at Survivor Series, almost exactly 30 years after his WWE debut.[4] Despite this, he still sometimes appears for WWE, for example in the main event of WrestleMania XL in 2024.[6]

In wrestling

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Undertaker performing his Tombstone Piledriver on Edge
 
The Undertaker locking Brock Lesnar in the Hell's Gate
 
The Undertaker performing his Old School on Heidenreich


  • Entrance themes

Championships and accomplishments

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Undertaker after becoming World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania XXIV

Footnotes

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1They won the championships during The Invasion.
2His fourth reign was as the WWE Undisputed Champion.

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